Monthly Archives: January, 2010

I’m a little down today. My friend Kevin Devaney Jr. left The Journal News for another job. He was a huge loss for us, and we’ve lost a lot of people. Kevin covered high schools and did it unbelievably well, especially in the LoHud site with his blog. Personally, though,…

Just because the events of Thursday night jogged my memory: You older (older?) guys and gals might remember the 1990 line brawl with the Islanders with two seconds left in the game, in retribution for Pat LaFontaine being knocked out cold by a clean shoulder hit from James Patrick (who…

Quick question: What’s worse? Getting beaten 10-2 by Dallas, or having your best player being beaten up by a Flyers goon and doing nothing about it (and thinking you responded properly)? Does anybody remember how long it took to get over the Dave Schultz-Dale Rolfe beatdown? Well, horrifying as that…

From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 21, 2010 – New York Rangers 0, Philadelphia Flyers 2 (Game #51, Road #24) • The Blueshirts were defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers, 2-0, tonight at the Wachovia Center, and are now 10-4-4 in their last 18 games. • The Rangers…

First of all, same lineup, which means no Donald Brashear, and it means Ales Kotalik is prucha’d for the fourth game in a row. Matt Zaba (zaba-do) backs up Lundqvist. I don’t think they’ll need to score six or eight tonight. But they might need four. I wonder if they…

Game No. 51, 2009. Sam Weinman threw it to me. He handed over a playoff-bound team that was doing fine … although plenty of fans, blogsters (not yet tabbed as Boneheads) had their doubts and their worries. See, in Game 49 the Rangers won their second game in a row,…

Honest to God, yesterday before going to the Garden I was throwing a bunch of old Sports Illustrateds into the recycling bin when, completely randomly, a page opened to a tiny photo of Aaron Voros. In a little blurb, SI was touting an upcoming Rangers-Penguins game and talking about how…

The first time I walked into the Garden pressroom in 1978, I was welcomed by John and Janet Halligan, the team’s public relations directors and one of the most happily-married couples I’ve ever known. I was this 20-something, bearded, long-haired, cigarette-smoking nobody in bad clothes, and yet John and Janet…

From the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 19, 2010 – New York Rangers 8, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 (Game #50, Home #27) · The Rangers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 8-2, tonight at Madison Square Garden, marking the first time New York tallied six-or-more goals in back-to-back games since…

Some quotes I gathered. I’ll come back with the Rangers’ post-game package tacked on at the bottom. Don’t miss the Tocchet quote. Chris Drury: “It was an emotional game against Montreal. The fans were really into it and we were energized and coming back tonight, I think it was important…

Same potent lineup. Brashear still nicked, apparently. Kotalik still prucha’d. Vinny L is playing for Tampa, not NY. The great Steve Zipay unearthed this stat about the 3-on-4 short-handed goal scored by Dubinsky Sunday: It was the Rangers’ first 3-on-4 goal since Adam Graves scored one against Florida, Oct. 25,…

You guys are always a step ahead. You had the Vinny Lecavalier discussion yesterday, and it took off today with Vinny and the Lightning in town to play the Rangers on (god forbid) Versus. Here, for example, is Larry Brooks’ take on the whole situation. I would normally think, if…

Today they don’t have to beat their heads against a wall. They don’t even have to practice, because they got a day off in this busy schedule. The Rangers can be happy with how they played against Montreal. I would dare to say, though, that they’ve played better games in…

Here are some post-game quotes. I’ll add the Rangers’ post-game package to the bottom in a little while. Ryan Callahan: “It’s a big character game for us as well, not only to score six goals, but to come back after a 2-0 lead at home where we’ve been struggling of…

And that’s not short for Gomez. Boo him all you want, by the way, and he did not come close to earning his money as a Ranger. But, he was better than some of the other unmovable mercenaries, and he’d be better than most of the guys who are still…

JOHN TORTORELLA PRE-GAME: Same lineup. Different lines, Dubinsky on first line for starters. On the scoring problems (from a Montreal media member): “I get asked that question every day here. It’s a tough one to answer. Last night, I think we get the better chances in the game; we don’t finish.…

OK, I don’t want to make anybody mad at me with a negative tone today, so before I head off to MSG for tonight’s game, I just wanted to fire off a few positive spins about last night’s game: 1) The Rangers scored. If they had scored once in each…

NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 16, 2010 – New York Rangers 1, St. Louis Blues 4 (Game #48, Road #23) • The Blueshirts were defeated by the St. Louis Blues, 4-1, tonight at the Scottrade Center, and have now recorded a point in 12 of their last 15 games…

… as in Ocho Cinco, since Chad Johnson is starting in goal. Or as in Zero, which is the number of all the goals the Rangers have scored in the last two games, overtime and shootout included. Or as the number of goals Johnson might have to allow in order…